An Irishman wanted over the killing of a British expat on the Costa del Sol has been arrested by police.

Brian McConville, from Dublin, was detained on a European Arrest Warrant in Germany.

The 29-year-old was named as a suspect in a Spanish police appeal two months after Londoner Paul Feathers was stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend on April 21 2010.

The other Dubliner police revealed they were hunting over the crime, 37-year-old Wayne Lennon, was arrested on May 7 2011 in the Algarve town of Portugal.

Expat Mr Feathers, 32, was attacked after getting into an argument with two men he let into his flat in Benalmadena.

One of the visitors stabbed him with a knife he pulled from the victim's kitchen drawer during a tussle between the three men.

Reports at the time claimed the victim had been tortured in a Reservoir Dogs' style attack, although detectives subsequently said they believed the wounds he had suffered including cuts to his ear and nose had been sustained during the struggle.

Mr Feathers' girlfriend Sarah Archer allegedly identified the two Irishmen as the killers before moving back to the UK.

McConville is understood to have been arrested on May 24, although Spanish police only went public with the detention today.

He will appear at a court in Benalmadena probing Mr Feathers' killing after being extradited from Germany.

It was not clear today if Lennon, thought to be a friend of gangland bosses Fat Freddie Thompson and Brian Rattigan, is still in custody or has been released on bail while the judicial investigation into Mr Feathers' death continues.

Spanish police issued pictures of the two Irishmen wanted over the Brit's killing when they appealed for the public for help in tracking them down.

Such appeals are highly unusual in Spain, where police normally only ask for the public's help in solving terrorist crimes.